Bad
Both words in one sentence
- If the work develops a particularly devoted audience despite the critical drubbing, then it may experience hype and critical backlash from different quarters; the work may not be as bad as the critics say, but likewise not as good as its most ardent fans claim, falling instead somewhere in between.
Source: Critical Backlash -
Critical Shifts brought about by bad guys in Feng Shui are the game's version of the Bad Future.
Source: Future Badass -
Though considering the film was successful before the critical noises came out, its debatable what effect the bad publicty had on the film.
Source: No Such Thing as Bad Publicity
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